The "saga" of the Greek national basketball team at the World Cup in Spain continues. The "blue and white" armada of Fotis Katsikaris defeated Argentina by 79-71, reached five wins in as many games and completed their obligations by finishing top of Group B'.

In the phase of "16", the Greek team will face Serbia in Madrid, on September 7, in a knockout match for entry in the quarterfinals of the tournament. In contrast, Argentina finished third and will face their vicious neighbor Brazil on the road to the quarterfinals.

Characteristic of the superiority of the Greek team, who beat Argentina for the first time since 1990, is that the difference reached up to 19 early in the third period, but complacency allowed opponents to close the gap to -2 (68-70) four minutes before the end, but that's as far as they went. The Greek engine fired up again and with excellent defending and clear mind in the attack they "choked" their opponents.

Serbia could not make it against Spain, loosing with the "heavy" 89-73.

The game, which took place in Granada, was indifferent to the Iberians having already finished first in the group and will face Senegal in the knockout phase, while Serbia finished fourth and will play with Greece.

The Gasol brothers dominated in scoring (20 ml., The Pau) and rebounds (eight by Marc) and Ricky Rubio scored 12 points and six assists as the 'Furias Rojas' did the "five in five" against the players of Sasha Djordjevic, who were unable to follow the pace of the game. Nemanja Bjelica was the best player of Serbia with 19 points and ten rebounds.

Croatia after the defeats from Senegal and Greece, broke out in Puerto Rico and came to a broad victory with the score at 103-82. For Repesa's team, Bogdanovic stood out with 23 points, while for Puerto Rico Barea scored 31 points.

Turkey with Oguz Savas scoring 15 points and 6 rebounds prevailed 77-64 in the game against the Dominican Republic and finished second in Group C, leaving their opponents third. In the knockout stage the Turks will face Australia.